Clothesline reel



Sept. 22, 1925.

J. C. BAUERLE ET AL cLoTHEsLIN REEL Filed septlv, 1922 2 SheetsSheet 1 sept. 22, 1925. 1,554,323

J. C. BAUERLE ET AL CLOTHESLINE REEL Filed Sept. '7, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet k' MA/#W MQW @M m5,

30 f J parts, described in the following specifica- 40 1 reel connected to a suppoit, the linebeing Patented Sept.r 22, 1925.

"UNITED STATES ,A g 1,554,323 lPartnr OFFICE.

y "JACOB c'. BAUERLE AND EDWARD J. BAURLE, v'or DAVENPORT, IOWA.

CLOTHESLINE REEL.

Application led September 7,5 1922. i. Serial No. 586,717.

To all whom. t may concern.'

Be it known that we, JAco C. BAUERLE and' EDWARD J. BAUERLE, citizensy of the United States, residing kat Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothesline Reels, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in a clothes line reel and support therefor, the principal object of the invention residing in the construction of a reel of comparatively small size which may be carried from place to place during the unwinding of the line therefrom and then may beconnected to a suitable support.

, Another. object consists in the provision of vlneansfor .drawing the line taut so thai".-

it will not be necessary to use props yas an aid for supporting the weight of the clothes upon the line.4 f

`Afurther object resides in the provision of a brake for preventing too rapid unwinding of the line from the reel as well as means for detachablyconnecting the end of the line to the reel.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, our invention consists of the novel details of construction,`and'arrangement of tion and illustrated Vin the accompanying drawingsand while we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of the invention as it now appears tous itwill be understood that we Amay make such changes as will fall within the scope of the appended claims. v

In the drawings: Y Fig.` 1r is a front elevation showing the shown partly wrapped around the reel.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the reel connected to the support. y

Fig. Bis a transverse section on the line 3-,-3 ofl Fig. 1. i

, F ig. 4 is a front elevation showing the reel connected to a support with the end of the line wound upon a rotatable. shaft forming a part ofthe reel. Fig. 5 is aside elevation ofthe support with thereel connected thereto, the reel being shown in vertical section with partsy in elei-v'ation.vr

In the drawings Adenoles the clot-hes line reel, B the support for the line and reel,

and C the member for detachably connecting the reel tothe support. The reel cornprises the side rails 1 and 2, the transversely extending rods 3 and 4 connecting the side rails adjacent their ends, and the rotatable sleeve or drum 5 mounted between the side rails 1 and 2 intermediate the end rods 3 and L1.A The ends of thev siderails 1 and 2 are inwardly beveled as shown at 6 and the sleeve is carried by the shaft 7 which is rotatably mounted in the side rails, one end of' the shaft being bent to form the crank handle 8, ou the outside of the side rail 2, and the opposite end extending beyond the outer face-of the side rail 1 to receive loosely thereon the hand hold lO which is secured on saidextension by means cfa screw 11 or other ,suitable fastening means which is -received Vin ,a recess 12 formed inthe endgof the hand hold. A metal plate 13 is secured to the outer face of the sidevreell andla plate 14 of leather or other suitable flexible material is Vconnected to the hand hold' 1() by means of the metal sleeve 15 which surrounds the vend of the hand hold, and has the outwardly extending arms 16 for connection to the said plate 14. Secured to thesleeve or drum 5, by means of the metal clip 17, is one Vend of a. clothesline or rope 18. As quite 'clearly shown, more particularlyv in Figs. 1, 3 and t, the metal clip 17 is secured to the sleeve or roller, adjacent one end, by the screw or other fastening meniber' 18 and adjacent the opposite end is. formed with a concaved recessk 19 in which the line or rope is received. the line or rope 18 will be a plurality of pulleys-20 which are adapted to be connected to hooks 21 secured to the supports.

Carried upon For connecting the reel to the support ItV provide the swinging member 22 which is secured to the support by means of the block 23 which has a transversely extending groove 24 on its inner face for receiving4 the horizontal.portion of the swinging memrail 2 of the reel is a. plate 26 having its lower end bent at'right angles as shown at 27 for providing a linger heid and having one-edge notchedas shown at 28 tov engage the arm of the crank handle 8, as more clearly shown in Fig'syl and 3 of the drawings,

to hold said handle and the shaft 7 and the sleeve 5 forming a part thereof against rotation when desired.

As previously stated the reel is of comparatively small size so that it may be oarried by the person from place to place for attachment of the line to the supports. The line or rope will be longitudinally wound upon the reel, as shown more particularly in F ig. l of the drawings, around the transverse rods 3 and et, with its end connected to the metal clip 17 and as the person walks from support to support they will engage one of the pulleys 20 with the hook upon the support. Then the proper amount of line has been connected to the supports the reel will be connected to the last support by means of engaging the hook portions 25 of the swinging member 22 over the lowermost transversely extending rod. In order to draw the line taut the reel may be rotated as a whole vand as previously stated the lowermost rod engaged with the hooks of the swinging member. then unwinding the line from the reel the hand hold lt) will be engaged by one hand and the crank handle 8 by the other, the reel freely rotating upon the rod 7. In order to prevent too rapid rotation of the reel I provide a brake member in the form of the metal plate 13 and Vflexible plate lat. lVhen the reel begins to unwind too fast the linger of the hand engaging the hand hold l() will be pressed against the flexible plate 16 thereby forcing the same into engagement with the metal plate and hold the reel against too rapid rotation, it being understood that the metal plate is attached to the side rail of the reel whereas the flexible plate is carried by the hand hold. In other words the plate 13 rotates with the reel whereas the flexible plate is normally held stationary with the hand hold 10. Often practically the entire line is unwound from the reel and therefore in order to draw the line taut the reel as an entirety cannot be rotated. To provide for drawing the line taut when practically the entire line has been unwound we provide the rotatable sleeve or drum 5. This operates as illustrated in Figs. et and 5 of the drawings and in order to draw the line taut the said sleeve or drum. 5 is rotated by means of the crank handle S. The end of the line will be wound upon t-he sleeve or drum while the hand hold l0 is being held stationary. The reel may be easily connected to or disconnected from the support by the swinging hooked member so that with the line wound thereon it may be taken to any suitable place for storage when not in use.

Having fully described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In combination with a support, a

clothes line reel comprising a frame formed of side rails and transverse connecting rods, and means carried by the support and engageable with one of the transverse rods for connecting the reel to the support.

In combination with a support, a clothes line reel comprising a frame formed of side rails and transverse connecting rods, and a swinging hook member carried by the support and engageable with one of the transverse rods for connecting the reel to the support.

In combination with a support, a clothes line reel, a block adapted to be secured to the support, and a swinging member carried by the block and engageable with the reel for connecting the same to the support.

t. ln combination with a support, a clothes line reel, a block secured to the support and having a transversely extending recess therein, a substantially U-shaped hook member carried by the block and engageable with the reel for connecting the same to the support, the horizontal portion of the substantially U-shaped hook member being` received in the transversely extending recess of the block.

5. A cloth-es line reel comprising a supporting shaft, a frame rotatably mounted upon the supporting shaft, a plate carried by the frame, a handle carried by the shaft, and a plate carried by the handle, one of said plates being movable with respect to the other for retarding the movement of the frame.

(i. A clothes line reel comprising a frame, a shaft rotatably mounted between the sides of the frame, a crank for rotating the shaft, and a notched plate pivotally connected to the frame and engageable with the crank for preventing rotation of the crank and shaft, the notch of the plate receiving a portion of the crank.

7. A clothes line reel comprising a supportingshaft, a frame rotatably mounted upon the shaft, means for rotating the shaft independently of the frame, a handle loosely mounted upon the shaft, and means carried part by the frame and part by the handle for re arding the movement of the frame.

8. A clothes line reel comprising a supporting shaft, a frame rotatably mounted upon the shaft, a crank for rotating the shaft independently of the frame, means carried by the frame and engageable with the crank for preventing rotation of the shaft with respect to the frame, a handle loosely mounted upon the shaft, and means carried by the handle and engageable with the frame for retarding the movement thereof.

9. A clothes line reel comprising a supporting shaft, a frame rotatably mount-ed upon the shaft, a crank for rotating the sliaft independently of the frame, a pivoted catch carried by the frame and engageable with the crank for preventing rotation of the shaft independently of the frame, a plate carried by the frame, a hand hold Carried by the shaft, a flexible plate carried by the hand hold and adapted for movement into engagement with the plate of the frame, and means for connecting a clothes line to the shaft, said clothes line adapt-ed to be vWound upon the frame by rotation of the frame upon the shaft or upon the shaft upon rotation thereof by the crank independently of the frame.

10. A clothes line reel comprising a frame,

a sleeve rotatably carried by the frame, a spring clamp secured to the sleeve and adapted to connect a clothes line to the sleeve, and means for rotating the sleeve relative to the frame.

' ll. A clothes line reel comprising a suptures.

JACOB C. BAUERLE. EDWARD J. BAUERLE Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent'No. 1,554,323, granted `September 22, 1925, upon the application ofJaeob C. Bauerie and Edward J, Banerle., of Davenport7 Iowa, ior an improvement in Clothesline Reels, were erroneously issued to Jacob C. Bauerle and Edward J. Bauerle as joint owners, Whereas said Letters Patent should have been issued to Jacob C'. czyuele as sole owner of said invention, as shown by the records of assignments in this oiiice; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this Correction therein that the same may coliform to the record of the ease in the Patent Office;

Signed and sealed this 3d day of Noveniber, A. D. 1925.

[SEAL] KARL FEN N IN G,

Acting Ummm'ssz'mzer of Patente. 

